If it seems like all food – even the really nutritious stuff – is now under attack, it’s because to some degree, it is. Why? Because two integral components of good health have been compromised: our food supply and our gut health. We’ve talked a lot about gluten,...

“What’s wrong with me?” I remember thinking. “Why am I so incredibly tired – all the time? And irritable? Why can’t I focus? I have lost all motivation. This is not who I am.” There’s tired and then there’s T-I-R-E-D. No amount of sleep can remedy it. That first cup...

One thing that breaks my heart is seeing well-meaning people spinning their wheels while trying to heal themselves. They’re fired up, ready for action, but inadvertently (or maybe not so inadvertently) take a couple of wrong turns that end up completely sabotaging...

This article was originally posted June 16, 2016 on Mind Body Green. A registered dietitian (RD/RDN) by trade, a competitive athlete, and only 32 years old, I was the picture of health. But when I suddenly started waking up with painfully sore joints, burning skin,...

So, that last post was fun, right? Detailed discussions about your guts, the bugs within, and things leaking out. Sexy. Now that I have you mortified fully up to speed about the goings on in your gut microbiome and how things can go awry, we can skip most of the gore...

Have you ever been so deep in the “what the hell can I eat?” weeds that you can’t even see the light of day? Did you see me while you were there? Because that’s where I landed several years ago when I first learned about my food sensitivities. I was way down there...